November 9, 2005

1. Roll Call

President Karon Harvey called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. Present were Rita Brown, Steve Viessman, Karon Harvey, Teresa Clark, Library Director Bev Russell and Kathy Powers, who took notes.

2. Notice of changes in the agenda. (Additions may not be made to this agenda less than 24 hours before the beginning of the meeting unless added under item 3 of this agenda.)

There were none.

3. Citizens with business not scheduled on the agenda. (As required by state law, no matter may be considered under this item unless the board determines that the matter requires emergency action.) There were none.
4. Approve special board meeting minutes of October 16, 2005.

Teresa moved that the meetings of the October 16^th meeting be approved. Rita seconded. The minutes were approved.

5. Petitions, communications, public input:

There were none.

6. Reports and recommendations from the Library Director and/or library staff:

1. Library statistical reports: October 2005 (see board packets)

Bev mentioned that circulation for CDs and DVDs is up but book circulation is still down. She is going to do a weekly column of book reviews for the StarHerald to promote the new materials at the library. Hopefully, this will increase circulation somewhat as well as the traffic flow in the library. Additionally, subject stickers and labels on the fiction collection are being put on books. This will make the books easier to locate on the shelves for patrons. She will remind pages to credit books and other materials that are being used in the library in the circulation statistics.

2. Library activities for October – Listed below

• Morning and Evening Story times – Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 - 577 attended
• Cub Scout tour – Oct. 19 - 5 scouts
• Family Reading Night @ Roosevelt (Kindergarten and parents) – 99 attended
• Golden Sower Meeting with Scottsbluff Public School media specialists – 4 attended

• Pumpkin Carving at Roosevelt (1^st grade)- Deb and Nancy with 23 kids
• Book Club – Oct. 4 – 22 attended
• Adult Reading Program movie – 6 attended
• Teen program on censorship – 20 attended
• Librarian’s Job-a-like – Oct. 4 – included librarians from schools, public and academic libraries in the southern and central panhandle
• Friends of the Library book sale – October 8 – raised $1,813 for the library’s foundation
• Hodge Cramer presentation to City Council – October 17
• Friends of the Library Board meeting – October 18 – 12 attended

1. Review of report on the Philanthropic Giving Study by Mike Schmidt of Hodge Cramer and Associates. Discussion of the next steps in the fundraising process.

The discussion was postponed until the Foundation Board meeting, following this meeting.

2. Nebraska Library Trustee survey results available.

If Board Members would like to look at the survey results, Bev has them in her office.

3. Library Policies: Review Confidentiality of Library Records and Gifts, Bequests and Memorials policies for possible revisions.

1. Actions items: There were none.

8. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:34 p.m.